Dr Rajeev Shorey, Chief Executive Officer
The University of Queensland–IIT Delhi Academy of Research
Dr Rajeev Shorey is the CEO of The University of Queensland – IIT Delhi Academy of Research (UQIDAR). Rajeev also serves as an adjunct faculty in the Computer Science & Engineering department at IIT Delhi.
Dr Shorey received his Ph.D. and M.S. (Engg) in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in 1997 and 1991 respectively. He received his B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IISc, Bangalore in 1987.
Dr Shorey’s career spans several reputed research labs – TCS Research & Innovation, General Motors (GM) India Science Laboratory (ISL), IBM India Research Laboratory and SASKEN Technologies. Dr Shorey served as the first President of NIIT University from 2009 to 2013 before joining the TCS Research Labs in 2014.
Dr Shorey’s work has resulted in more than 70 publications in international journals and conferences and several US patents, all in the area of wireless and wired networks. He has 12 issued US patents and several pending US patents to his credit. Dr Shorey serves on the editorial boards of two of the top journals in the area – IEEE Internet of Things Journal and Springer’s Journal of Wireless Networks. His areas of interest are Wireless Networks including 5G Networks, Telematics, IoT, Industrial IoT, IoT Security and Automotive Networks, including Automotive Cybersecurity.
For his contributions in the area of Communication Networks, Dr. Shorey was elected a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2007. Dr Shorey was recognized by ACM as a Distinguished Scientist in December 2014. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India and a Senior Member of IEEE.